Long-Term Care Planning
Long-term care insurance news and analysis, including coverage of short-term care insurance, long-term care hybrid products, and other arrangements for paying for long-term and post-acute care.
U.S. Vs. The World
By Allison BellThe United States health care system does better in some rankings than others when compared with other developed country health care systems.
August 18, 2009
Who needs long-term care?980,000 -- Number of nursing home residents over 65 who are women. Two-thirds -- Percentage of insurance benefits paid to women. 41% -- Percentage of benefits paid to single women, compared with 12 percent of benefits
August 12, 2009
Editorial comment: Bring in the long term care experts nowConsumers are not the only people who need educating about the cost of long term care and the need for long term care insurance. How about our legislators? One example is the proposed $50 to $60 daily LTC benefit in a Senate bill.
August 10, 2009
Senator Offers LTC BillsU.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has introduced 3 bills that relate to long term care.
August 04, 2009
Living in between: The emerging sandwich generationHelping one with homework and balancing the other's checkbook. Getting one to sports practices and the other to doctor appointments. Financial professionals tell me that these are challenges their clients face with mounting frequency.
August 01, 2009
Use LTCI facts to tell your storyTo help my sales effort, I want to add information that these policies work and claims are being paid. Can you provide information to accomplish that?
July 31, 2009
ACLI raises debate over proposed long term care legislationThe American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) is telling the federal government to stay out of the long term care insurance business. The organization insists...
July 31, 2009
Use LTCI facts to tell your storyTo help my sales effort, I want to add information that these policies work and claims are being paid. Can you provide information to accomplish that?